You get a gold star for #gothlitnovember 🌟 Was so excited to tune in! So many of these (trying to recall them all lol) sound interesting. I want to get my hands on Monkey Beach and Bad Cree. And yeah, I had the same experience last year: I think a couple of the books I read were definitely more folk horror. But that’s ok! I bought another Melville work which is considered gothic. It’s called Pierre; or, the Ambiguities (weird title I know) only when it arrived I was disappointed in the font size. I don’t know how I’ll possibly read an entire novel in footnote size. Maybe I’ll share photos. I need to read up on Melville. Not to speak for him; I wouldn’t classify him as a downright abolitionist, but I think he was trying, and I think he had a heart, for sure. Interesting: the nods to Turn of the Screw. My daughter is reading that now, and I may reread it. That one actually scared me, which was fun. Yeah, there’s really not much to like in most of the characters in Wuthering Heights, but it’s so damned readable. It’s a force of nature! And as I’ve already mentioned, (read this in an essay) man and nature were not separate entities at all in this work. Pretty cool. I’m half way through or maybe more, of the Cambridge Companion. Thank you again for taunting me with it! Because I decided to pause in reading Madwoman in the Attic (again). I need to read Shirley! Apparently it’s about Emily, if I’m remembering this correctly.
@@SecondThoughtsAboutTheMission Yay! ⭐️ Folk horror is ok too, as long as it doesn’t get too gruesome! Yeah, I think Melville was sometimes trying to push back against easy stereotypes. It’s hard to explain why I like Wuthering Heights so much because the people are so horrible to each other, but I love it anyway! Glad you’re enjoying the Cambridge Companion. It’s so interesting. I’ve read all the Brontë books but it’s been such a long time since I read Shirley that I can’t remember. Maybe I’ll reread that or Vilette next year. I haven’t even cracked open The Madwoman in the Attic. I’m sure I’ll enjoy it but it’s a little intimidating!
@@NicoleACottageWitch Madwoman in the Attic is a pretty engaging read. I’m about half way through, but I don’t foresee finishing it this month because I set it aside for Shirley (which I’m not reading yet) and Cambridge Companion just fit so nicely with my books this year.
You get a gold star for #gothlitnovember 🌟 Was so excited to tune in! So many of these (trying to recall them all lol) sound interesting. I want to get my hands on Monkey Beach and Bad Cree. And yeah, I had the same experience last year: I think a couple of the books I read were definitely more folk horror. But that’s ok! I bought another Melville work which is considered gothic. It’s called Pierre; or, the Ambiguities (weird title I know) only when it arrived I was disappointed in the font size. I don’t know how I’ll possibly read an entire novel in footnote size. Maybe I’ll share photos. I need to read up on Melville. Not to speak for him; I wouldn’t classify him as a downright abolitionist, but I think he was trying, and I think he had a heart, for sure. Interesting: the nods to Turn of the Screw. My daughter is reading that now, and I may reread it. That one actually scared me, which was fun. Yeah, there’s really not much to like in most of the characters in Wuthering Heights, but it’s so damned readable. It’s a force of nature! And as I’ve already mentioned, (read this in an essay) man and nature were not separate entities at all in this work. Pretty cool. I’m half way through or maybe more, of the Cambridge Companion. Thank you again for taunting me with it! Because I decided to pause in reading Madwoman in the Attic (again). I need to read Shirley! Apparently it’s about Emily, if I’m remembering this correctly.
@@SecondThoughtsAboutTheMission Yay! ⭐️ Folk horror is ok too, as long as it doesn’t get too gruesome! Yeah, I think Melville was sometimes trying to push back against easy stereotypes. It’s hard to explain why I like Wuthering Heights so much because the people are so horrible to each other, but I love it anyway! Glad you’re enjoying the Cambridge Companion. It’s so interesting. I’ve read all the Brontë books but it’s been such a long time since I read Shirley that I can’t remember. Maybe I’ll reread that or Vilette next year. I haven’t even cracked open The Madwoman in the Attic. I’m sure I’ll enjoy it but it’s a little intimidating!
@@NicoleACottageWitch Madwoman in the Attic is a pretty engaging read. I’m about half way through, but I don’t foresee finishing it this month because I set it aside for Shirley (which I’m not reading yet) and Cambridge Companion just fit so nicely with my books this year.